:00:59. > :01:04.Good evening. It has been another weekend of great goals and
:01:05. > :01:10.controversy. We'll do our best to cram it all into 45 minutes. Should
:01:11. > :01:17.it come to trial by Sportscene, we have Billy Dodds and Michael Stewart
:01:18. > :01:19.to sit in judgement. Celtic's invincibility was shattered on
:01:20. > :01:24.Tuesday night as they lost against Aberdeen. With the title already
:01:25. > :01:25.essentially in the bag, could they bounce back at home against
:01:26. > :01:38.Inverness? Virgil van Dijk plays today as
:01:39. > :01:44.Celtic have appealed the red card in Aberdeen. James Forrest is playing
:01:45. > :01:45.instead of Kris Commons. Groin problems rule Aaron Doran out of a
:01:46. > :02:00.game for the first time this season. Decent ball in. The finishing touch
:02:01. > :02:04.is supplied by Leigh Griffiths. Scored his first away goal for
:02:05. > :02:13.Celtic last week. This is his first at Celtic Park. It was neatly done.
:02:14. > :02:18.Emilio Izaguirre set him up and he flicked the ball past Dean Brill.
:02:19. > :02:26.Leigh Griffiths will take the corner, Charlie Mulgrew, that is a
:02:27. > :02:31.great flick from Charlie Mulgrew. Scored at Celtic Park against
:02:32. > :02:38.Inverness in August and he nets with a really clever ball. It was born on
:02:39. > :02:44.the training ground, executed on match day.
:02:45. > :02:53.Richie Foran lifted the shot. Graeme Shinnie's ball in the black good one
:02:54. > :03:00.and he got underneath it. -- looked like a good one.
:03:01. > :03:07.Charlie Mulgrew into the box. It is looking to easy for Celtic. Off the
:03:08. > :03:09.line by Graeme Shinnie. They are getting too much space at the
:03:10. > :03:20.moment, Celtic. In two acres of space, chance for
:03:21. > :03:30.Leigh Griffiths. Sent it wide. Garry Warren and Josh Meekings were
:03:31. > :03:32.miles apart and they left Leigh Griffiths. Could not get it on
:03:33. > :03:45.target. Chance for Leigh Griffiths. That is
:03:46. > :03:53.a cracking finish by Leigh Griffiths, who salutes the Celtic
:03:54. > :03:57.fans. David Raven and Josh Meekings stood and looked. Leigh Griffiths
:03:58. > :04:09.was a man of action. That is his second of the afternoon.
:04:10. > :04:14.Billy McKay stumbles and allows Fraser Forster to come from his
:04:15. > :04:19.goal. Celtic with seven clean sheets from their last seven home matches.
:04:20. > :04:28.Fraser Forster making sure nothing got past him there.
:04:29. > :04:41.Virgil van Dijk sticks out a long leg and take the ball away from
:04:42. > :04:47.Richie Foran. Very camp -- calm defending.
:04:48. > :04:58.There is trouble foreign Burness. This for the hat-trick. -- trouble
:04:59. > :05:02.for Inverness. Celtic Park was expecting to celebrate a hat-trick
:05:03. > :05:11.from a new hero and he disappoints with this finish.
:05:12. > :05:17.Comfortable in possession, breaks into the middle, here is a chance
:05:18. > :05:22.once more. Good play from James Forrest, he got in there and opened
:05:23. > :05:42.his body up. Kris Commons, that is an error from
:05:43. > :05:48.the goalkeeper and Kris Commons picks up a fairly cheap goal. Credit
:05:49. > :05:52.him for the strike but Dean Brill has had four clean sheets in his
:05:53. > :06:10.last four games but concedes a fourth goal this afternoon.
:06:11. > :06:17.They are still searching for a fifth goal. James Forrest had his head
:06:18. > :06:21.down. Dean Brill made the save. Leigh Griffiths beat Graeme Shinnie
:06:22. > :06:27.to it, set up Kris Commons. The goalkeeper beat it down.
:06:28. > :06:38.Celtic Park in a loose ball, Kris Commons on to Leigh Griffiths for
:06:39. > :06:42.the hat-trick. No mistake that time. It is as Celtic hat-trick for Leigh
:06:43. > :06:48.Griffiths. He is the fourth Celtic player to net a hat-trick this
:06:49. > :06:50.season. Make no mistake, it is Leigh Griffiths's day. We have been
:06:51. > :06:54.playing well for quite a while now. Griffiths's day. We have been
:06:55. > :06:59.playing We have carried that on into the game. There was a great reaction
:07:00. > :07:03.from losing the other night, that is what we were looking for, but it was
:07:04. > :07:07.the overall performance that pleased me. I felt one or two of the goals
:07:08. > :07:11.were really soft and we are better than that. You have to be ruthless
:07:12. > :07:16.in your defending when you come to places like this. This is not going
:07:17. > :07:21.to define our season. Another big victory for Celtic. They will win
:07:22. > :07:26.the title, there is no doubt about it. Let's look at the next few
:07:27. > :07:32.fixtures, and how quickly they could actually wrap up this Premiership
:07:33. > :07:37.title. Any doubt in your mind that they want before the split? There is
:07:38. > :07:40.no chance, they will definitely have it wrapped up before the split, it
:07:41. > :07:44.is just a question of whether it is going to be the Partick Thistle or
:07:45. > :07:50.the Ross County game. They need to get ten points to mathematically do
:07:51. > :07:53.it. Obviously, there might be dropped points from other teams.
:07:54. > :08:01.Potentially, that Partick Thistle game on Wednesday the 26th could be
:08:02. > :08:04.the game where they do it. There is such a massive lead over Aberdeen.
:08:05. > :08:10.It is effectively another point. In terms of the game, you were there,
:08:11. > :08:14.it started off being about Fergus McCann then it ended being Leigh
:08:15. > :08:23.Griffiths. I'm impressed were you? It has not been a bad weekend's work
:08:24. > :08:27.for him. He was excellent. For me, sometimes he does not get enough six
:08:28. > :08:32.yard finishes like that. But he is maturing as a player. His game is
:08:33. > :08:40.coming together. He always has this in his locker. He will do this all
:08:41. > :08:45.day long. He had chances to get his hat-trick, eventually it came just
:08:46. > :08:49.from his movement. You can see him holding his run here. When he gets
:08:50. > :08:54.there he just wants it. It is a great finish from him. A few Celtic
:08:55. > :09:00.fans have doubts about Leigh Griffiths. Do you think he will be a
:09:01. > :09:06.success? Yes, I have been a huge fan of his. He did a fantastic job at
:09:07. > :09:10.Hibs. Celtic cannot afford a proven Champions League striker. He will
:09:11. > :09:15.prove to be a very successful signing. Many Celtic fans were
:09:16. > :09:20.unhappy when Victor Wanyama left the club. They brought in Nir Biton. He
:09:21. > :09:25.has been quite unheralded. You have watched them for a few games. How
:09:26. > :09:29.impressed are you buy him? He is coming on to a game, especially the
:09:30. > :09:33.last three. He is one of those signings where there is? Is about
:09:34. > :09:37.him. Michael feels he does not penetrate enough with running our
:09:38. > :09:44.passing. You can see with that one, it is a forward pass. The Inverness
:09:45. > :09:48.defence helped a lot of their goals but this is the sort of thing I
:09:49. > :09:53.think he needs to do more of. Years fantastic with technique, that is
:09:54. > :09:56.where he drives through and pushes into the opposition, we need to see
:09:57. > :09:58.more of that. You can see how technical he is where he drives
:09:59. > :10:01.through and pushes into the opposition, we need to see more of
:10:02. > :10:04.that. You can see how technical years on the ball, he had no problem
:10:05. > :10:06.there, but consistency, he is still a young lad but he could be another
:10:07. > :10:12.of those bargain basement signings that turns out to be going for a lot
:10:13. > :10:15.of money. Big couple of weeks coming up for Inverness, will they be able
:10:16. > :10:20.to bounce back? It was a heavy defeat. It was. A lot of it was self
:10:21. > :10:26.defeated -- self-inflicted. They have a massive result fixture coming
:10:27. > :10:29.up and they to get themselves off the ground quickly. Danny Lennon
:10:30. > :10:32.went into this next game under intense pressure. They faced
:10:33. > :11:02.Dalmarnock. -- Jill -- Kilmarnock. Djemba-Djemba drops to the bench for
:11:03. > :11:07.this match. Jim Goodwin is missing. One alteration form Alan Johnson.
:11:08. > :11:10.Chris Johnston returns at the expense of Robbie Muirhead. They are
:11:11. > :11:17.looking for their first win since the end of January.
:11:18. > :11:25.Josh Magennis! It is as close as they have come. Josh Magennis still
:11:26. > :11:36.is without a goal for Saint Mirren. Pressure is on the two managers,
:11:37. > :11:38.Danny Lennon and Alan Johnson both keen on three points from this
:11:39. > :11:41.match. More than capable from that kind of
:11:42. > :11:55.range. Struck it well. St Mirren will play on. This is Paul
:11:56. > :12:15.McGavin. Hoisted away. He got more hype than
:12:16. > :12:32.distance. Josh Magennis has had a few chances
:12:33. > :12:53.in this game. He tests Marian Kello. Flamboyant
:12:54. > :13:04.goalkeeping this, from the Slovak, to keep Aaron Muirhead out.
:13:05. > :13:40.He was doing well to be able to turn this cross on goal.
:13:41. > :13:54.Conor Newton! That is a massive goal for St Mirren. The man who won the
:13:55. > :13:59.club the League Cup almost a year ago scores in this vital match.
:14:00. > :14:07.There was not much between the sides. Gregg Wylde knocked it back,
:14:08. > :14:08.he is just on as a second-half substitute and Conor Newton with a
:14:09. > :14:22.brilliant finish. He was unlucky, kill Marnoch's top
:14:23. > :14:46.scorer. That is careless, they are running
:14:47. > :14:59.out of time. Gregg Wylde! Wonderful goal from St Mirren. Horrible from a
:15:00. > :15:05.Kilmarnock point of view. It is a huge afternoon for the Paisley side.
:15:06. > :15:07.We had an open and honest discussion and everybody put their Hearts on
:15:08. > :15:12.their sleeves, we carry that out today. The 13 players that
:15:13. > :15:24.participated went and hunted the ball, they defended. Really
:15:25. > :15:32.disappointed. The first-half just was not good enough. The second half
:15:33. > :15:37.I thought we played a lot better, created a lot of chances. That was
:15:38. > :15:43.more like ourselves but we knew it was not good enough overall. If
:15:44. > :15:50.Danny Lennon had not got the victory yesterday was that the game up for
:15:51. > :15:55.him? It is difficult to say. E has been in this position a number of
:15:56. > :15:59.times. There was a game at home against Aberdeen when there was talk
:16:00. > :16:04.of him getting his daughters if they had not got the win then. Every time
:16:05. > :16:09.that comes up, those discussions, he seems to get a result from
:16:10. > :16:14.somewhere. It is difficult. You think of the five defeats previous
:16:15. > :16:20.to that, defeats in a row, when you sit in the studio you. -- do not
:16:21. > :16:25.realise for St Mirren but for the fans it is very apparent. Every time
:16:26. > :16:31.they get a bad run they are calling for his head and it just does not go
:16:32. > :16:35.away. Absolutely. He brought in Gregg Wylde from Aberdeen and he was
:16:36. > :16:47.the epitome of a super Saab yesterday. Yes, I hope he gets his
:16:48. > :16:51.focus back. As a player he has to get his head up more but he
:16:52. > :16:57.certainly turned things around yesterday. He needs to make sure he
:16:58. > :17:03.keeps his focus in the game. This is what he does. He got a header and
:17:04. > :17:08.picked out the path. Newton started with the diagonal ball. He did not
:17:09. > :17:13.hang about. That is what you want. You want him getting in the box.
:17:14. > :17:20.Look at that movement, brilliant, right to left. He was certainly the
:17:21. > :17:25.top man when he came on and, as I say, he needs to make sure that he
:17:26. > :17:32.goes on from this comic gets his head down and focuses on his
:17:33. > :17:39.football he has gone off of the real song over the last year or two.
:17:40. > :17:43.There is not much to choose between the teams there and Kilmarnock are
:17:44. > :17:51.right in the thick of it with the rest of them. Water come this
:17:52. > :17:56.evening, we will find out why Terry Butcher is so apologetic. I need to
:17:57. > :18:05.apologise to the Hibernian fans. It is not good enough. Aberdeen had
:18:06. > :18:11.certainly enjoyed Tuesday night, ending Celtic's unbeaten record.
:18:12. > :18:18.There was a familiar look about the Aberdeen side, although Russell
:18:19. > :18:24.Anderson was on the by touch, Ryan Tate finding a place in defence. As
:18:25. > :18:28.for St Johnstone, they had not managed a goal against Aberdeen in
:18:29. > :18:33.three previous meetings this season. Steven MacLean had scored twice in
:18:34. > :18:42.their midweek win against Motherwell.
:18:43. > :18:50.The Dons welcomed Ryan Jack back into the team who had been missing
:18:51. > :18:54.for one month through injury. The 22-year-old celebrated with a goal
:18:55. > :19:01.after just eight minutes. His strike through the defence and ending up in
:19:02. > :19:08.the back of the net. Jack's first call for Aberdeen in almost two
:19:09. > :19:18.years. A slip for Alan Mannus in the goal. Lee Croft Word began his
:19:19. > :19:26.second spell at seems in December. This was not enough to beat
:19:27. > :19:31.Langfield. Adam Rooney has been in inspired form since joining Aberdeen
:19:32. > :19:38.in January. On this occasion however his right foot shot was saved by the
:19:39. > :19:44.keeper. Rooney keen to add to his five goal tally so far for Aberdeen.
:19:45. > :19:50.Saints had a terrific chance to equalise just before the break.
:19:51. > :19:55.Stevie May with the cross into the box. Michael or Halloran finding
:19:56. > :20:00.space but his left foot shot wide of the target. The effort of me took a
:20:01. > :20:07.deflection, or Halloran originally with his back to the goal and his
:20:08. > :20:15.strike was unable to find the back of the net. Again Lee Croft was
:20:16. > :20:24.foiled but he had a barren afternoon. Langfield was on course
:20:25. > :20:27.for his 100th shut out in the Premier League. Steven MacLean has
:20:28. > :20:34.only recently come back from injury and he was to find his way into the
:20:35. > :20:40.referee's book. No complaints after a trip on Barry Robson. Saints now
:20:41. > :20:45.beginning to pin back the home defence. This time, or Halloran
:20:46. > :20:53.tried his luck from distance, beating Langfield but crashing back
:20:54. > :20:58.off of the post. The post came to Aberdeen's rescue. To rub salt into
:20:59. > :21:04.the wounds of St Johnstone, they ended the game with just ten men,
:21:05. > :21:10.the referee receiving his second yellow and a red for this challenge
:21:11. > :21:16.much to the dismay of his manager. If we are going to book players, if
:21:17. > :21:21.that is going to be a second yellow every time you will end up six
:21:22. > :21:26.aside. They will be kicking themselves. We were not at our best
:21:27. > :21:29.and we were there possibly to be caught at today but I thought our
:21:30. > :21:35.determination to when is the most pleasing thing. A clean sheet at
:21:36. > :21:44.this time of the season does not come easy. Derek McInnes is getting
:21:45. > :21:49.so many plaudits this season. How important is it? Should it be
:21:50. > :21:56.Aberdeen's number-1 priority to tie him down to a longer contract? I
:21:57. > :22:00.think he has done a fantastic job. Aberdeen underachieved for a number
:22:01. > :22:05.of years, any manager would be looking thinking they need to get in
:22:06. > :22:09.there. He has certainly looked at the job and from Aberdeen's
:22:10. > :22:15.perspective they will be looking at tying him down for a longer deal. A
:22:16. > :22:21.big couple of weeks coming up for Aberdeen, do you see them making
:22:22. > :22:25.progress in the Scottish cup and winning the league cup? I honestly
:22:26. > :22:28.think it is there is to throw away and I know that keeps pressure on
:22:29. > :22:34.but they have been excellent. There are still some good teams in there
:22:35. > :22:40.fighting for competitions but if Aberdeen play to their capabilities
:22:41. > :22:45.it is there is. With that comes pressure, it will be a difficult
:22:46. > :22:49.one, a fine line. If you go out the Scottish cup and lose the league cup
:22:50. > :22:54.final it will be a nightmare for them but I do not see them doing
:22:55. > :23:00.that. They are a top team and I think it is there is to throw away.
:23:01. > :23:06.What was your view on that sending off? I can understand why the
:23:07. > :23:09.manager is not happy. Without a shadow of a doubt this is the
:23:10. > :23:14.booking, potentially he could have got a red Ford that although it
:23:15. > :23:20.would have been harsh. The second yellow card is just clumsy, no
:23:21. > :23:25.malice or intent, it is just not a booking. When we see the replay is
:23:26. > :23:31.again we will see the referee was very excited and quick at getting
:23:32. > :23:35.his cards out. I'd macro it is not like Steven MacLean. The first one
:23:36. > :23:43.was bad, really bad but the second one was never a booking for me.
:23:44. > :23:49.Steuart McCall's site stumbled recently, just two defeats in the
:23:50. > :23:55.last five. Commentary comes from John Barnes.
:23:56. > :24:06.The Motherwell goalkeeper arrives back after a one-month absence. Gary
:24:07. > :24:20.Locke sticks by the same hearts side that lost to Celtic last week. Angle
:24:21. > :24:26.swinging it in. Robertson as well. He breaks away. Ian 's worth. He
:24:27. > :24:32.takes a deflection. Good stop in the end from Ian is worth's effort by
:24:33. > :24:50.Jamie MacDonald. It broke away into the path of the Motherwell player.
:24:51. > :25:05.-- aims worth. -- Ainsworth. McFadden and bikers. James McFadden
:25:06. > :25:15.teeing it up for bikers. Terrific opening goal for Motherwell.
:25:16. > :25:20.Excellent intricate play. A long ball from the goalkeeper. Lovely
:25:21. > :25:28.interplay between McFadden and Vigurs. His second goal of the
:25:29. > :25:38.season. Nicely into the corner. McFadden. Doing well to get the ball
:25:39. > :25:52.back from there. There is Ainsworth. What a terrific shot from Lionel Lim
:25:53. > :25:59.'s worth. -- Lionel Ainsworth. A lovely first touch from Ainsworth.
:26:00. > :26:09.That cleaned his seventh of the season. Strong play there from
:26:10. > :26:17.McCallum. Giving it away to Dale Carrick. A good strike and off of
:26:18. > :26:25.the crossbar for the substitute. He certainly has been positive since
:26:26. > :26:37.introduced at the interval. Ainsworth, Vigurs. Off of McFadden
:26:38. > :26:43.and it hits Sutton. I do not think John Sutton knew too much about that
:26:44. > :26:49.one. A glancing header from James McFadden. Coming off of his knee and
:26:50. > :26:59.onto the roof of the net. A good shot. Ainsworth. And turned away by
:27:00. > :27:07.Hearts. There is McFadden. And eventually Hearts yet it away. A
:27:08. > :27:18.good touch from McFadden. There is Jack Leach, the son of the director
:27:19. > :27:30.here. Money through towards McFadden. It breaks for sudden. --
:27:31. > :27:40.Sutton. He gets on the scorecard again for his old club for the
:27:41. > :27:45.second time this season. That broke the way for the Motherwell striker.
:27:46. > :27:56.That is his 15th goal overall in this campaign. The corner. There is
:27:57. > :28:04.Paterson. Hearts pulled a goal back. Paterson out jumping everyone there.
:28:05. > :28:15.And finding the bottom corner. It is a lifeline for the Tynecastle side.
:28:16. > :28:21.Jamie Hamill striking it and appeals that it came off of the hand of
:28:22. > :28:28.Stephen McManus. That is why Hearts players are looking for the penalty.
:28:29. > :28:33.It is a strike. It came off more of the elbow than anything, was it
:28:34. > :28:42.intentional though? Stuart McCall will be happy with what he has seen
:28:43. > :28:55.this afternoon. Vigurs with the free kick. And Motherwell 4-1 up. It is
:28:56. > :29:02.the Vigurs/ McFadden combination again. A fine glancing effort. Be
:29:03. > :29:07.adapted to conditions, the pitch was not great. We passed the ball in the
:29:08. > :29:12.first half without really causing them problems. Never really looked
:29:13. > :29:18.threatening. I thought the more experienced players for them cause
:29:19. > :29:24.does all sorts of problems. It was important to bounce back today after
:29:25. > :29:38.disappointing performances. Our home form has been good on a difficult
:29:39. > :29:46.heavy Park today. Motherwell always have a chance of finishing second.
:29:47. > :29:50.If they are going to challenge guys like Aberdeen they need James
:29:51. > :29:54.McFadden to play at his best. They certainly saw that. You see this
:29:55. > :29:59.lovely touch but he does not stop, he is active again. You see this
:30:00. > :30:05.great composure and awareness to slip in his team-mate. It is an
:30:06. > :30:09.appreciation of his team-mates. James McFadden, if they are going to
:30:10. > :30:15.be up there challenging Aberdeen for second place he needs to come to the
:30:16. > :30:20.fore. Look where he is picking up between the lines. You want to leave
:30:21. > :30:27.him as a defender 20 yards or ten yards, I am squeezing up and giving
:30:28. > :30:32.him ten. Look at this year, that is a set piece, nobody within five
:30:33. > :30:38.yards of him. That is crazy defending and happened all be at Fir
:30:39. > :30:43.Park at the weekend. When you have got that much space you can do
:30:44. > :30:49.anything and he has had a field day. You cannot leave him space to
:30:50. > :30:53.play in or you will get destroyed. And the quick word about Hearts, are
:30:54. > :30:59.the already preparing for life in the championship? I think so. They
:31:00. > :31:08.have a little bit of the improved performance. The players have had
:31:09. > :31:14.the weight off of their shoulders because everyone thinks they are
:31:15. > :31:34.going to go down. Know plenty to look forward to next week.
:31:35. > :31:46.Gary Mackay-Steven is onside. They have more than a foot in the
:31:47. > :31:49.quarterfinals now. Back to the battle to escape the play-off place.
:31:50. > :31:56.Earlier we saw St Mirren beat Kilmarnock. Ross County and Partick
:31:57. > :32:01.Thistle met in Dingwall. Filip Kiss had been called up to the Slovakian
:32:02. > :32:04.national team following a series of fine displays in the Ross County
:32:05. > :32:10.midfield. After finally winning their match at home, Partick Thistle
:32:11. > :32:17.manager Alan Archibald made just one change, Stephen O'Donnell replacing
:32:18. > :32:23.Jordan McMillan in defence. At their trip north, Partick Thistle got off
:32:24. > :32:25.to the perfect start in Dingwall. Kallum Higginbotham with his fifth
:32:26. > :32:35.goal of the season. The goal came inside the first nine
:32:36. > :32:40.minutes. Derek Adams is looking for an immediate response. It came from
:32:41. > :32:48.the trusty right foot of Richie Brittain. The captain scoring his
:32:49. > :32:52.sixth of the campaign. This brought them level just five minutes after
:32:53. > :32:59.they've gone behind. Perhaps we were in for a lot of goals. As her skin
:33:00. > :33:01.is always create all -- Chris Erskine is always capable of
:33:02. > :33:12.creating chances. Having finally seen his side win at
:33:13. > :33:16.home last weekend, Alan Archibald might have hoped for a repeat of
:33:17. > :33:24.their 3-1 victory in Dingwall back in August. Lyle Taylor's trip to the
:33:25. > :33:29.Highlands was not so fruitful. With plenty of new faces, Ross County
:33:30. > :33:35.have found it easier to carve out chances and results, but Yoann
:33:36. > :33:39.Arquin was frustrated by his header going off target.
:33:40. > :33:48.Into the second half, and this cross momentarily caused panic in the
:33:49. > :34:00.County defence. A more conventional chants would
:34:01. > :34:01.come the way of Chris Erskine. The ball ended up just the wrong side of
:34:02. > :34:12.the post. Victory would make a big difference
:34:13. > :34:17.to either side but the point is not the end of the world by any means.
:34:18. > :34:25.This was a final chance for Ross County. It was stopped by the former
:34:26. > :34:28.Ross County keeper, Paul Gallacher. We obviously had better chances in
:34:29. > :34:36.the game. Paul Gallacher made a lot of good saves. Unfortunate not to
:34:37. > :34:43.win the game. It is another point closer to Kilmarnock. It is a good
:34:44. > :34:54.point away from home. Take the positives from it. We are unbeaten
:34:55. > :34:57.against Ross County this season. One point apiece. Those sites trying to
:34:58. > :34:59.escape the play-off place. Let's have a look at the fixtures for
:35:00. > :35:12.those sites. Who has got the most difficult
:35:13. > :35:22.run-in? You can see everybody has got Celtic at one point or another.
:35:23. > :35:31.You look at that and they have some difficult games. They will be
:35:32. > :35:37.chasing it later on. If I was to choose one, I would say St Mirren.
:35:38. > :35:41.After that, it gets really exciting. They will be fighting it out to
:35:42. > :35:49.avoid that play-off place. This is what we want. Thank goodness we have
:35:50. > :35:55.the play-offs. Who will finish second bottom? Brilliant question.
:35:56. > :35:57.Don't get me wrong, I think there will be difficult fixtures, but for
:35:58. > :36:02.me, the other will be difficult fixtures, but for
:36:03. > :36:05.me, teams have an opportunity against St Mirren because I don't
:36:06. > :36:09.see them taking anything out of their opening two fixtures of those
:36:10. > :36:13.five. The other three have an opportunity to get points on the
:36:14. > :36:22.board. Put the same question to you, Michael. I avoided it. I will
:36:23. > :36:26.answer it. St Mirren are going to get that play-off spot, but it will
:36:27. > :36:30.be tight. It has been tight all season and there would be much to
:36:31. > :36:35.choose between them. It has been a fantastic development for the
:36:36. > :36:41.Premiership. Finally to Friday, the last of the three matches between
:36:42. > :36:50.Hibernian and Dundee United prevented equal. This was different.
:36:51. > :36:56.-- have ended. Just one change for Hibernian, Liam Craig is in the
:36:57. > :37:00.line-up. Danny Handling is among the substitutes. Dundee United one last
:37:01. > :37:05.Friday night. Third straight win, all of them at an advice -- their
:37:06. > :37:20.home stadium. Taken out by Paul Hanlon. That was
:37:21. > :37:27.surely outside the box. The referee stuns Hibernian by awarding a
:37:28. > :37:31.penalty. He was well positioned, just yards away. He looks to have
:37:32. > :37:38.got this badly wrong and there is furious Easter Road about that
:37:39. > :37:42.decision. Stood his ground, Paul Hanlon. Clearly not inside the box.
:37:43. > :37:51.It is Nadir Ciftci, he has made a complete hash of that. Big
:37:52. > :37:59.opportunity lost. Ben Williams makes the save but did not have much to
:38:00. > :38:05.do. Ryan McGivern. That is pure. -- poor. Straight at Paul Paton. Paul
:38:06. > :38:10.Hanlon has lost out and Nadir Ciftci... He makes up for his
:38:11. > :38:20.penalty miss. He gives Dundee United the lead, two minutes before
:38:21. > :38:38.half-time. Bad from Paul Hanlon. Now the achieved she makes him play --
:38:39. > :38:41.Nadir Ciftci makes him pay. One last chance. It is flicked up by rather
:38:42. > :38:48.slab chairs -- it is flicked up by the
:38:49. > :38:55.goalkeeper and Jordon Forster squares the game. It is a big bonus
:38:56. > :39:03.for Hibernian. The goalkeeper got it all wrong. In from Gary
:39:04. > :39:09.Mackay-Steven, it is Gavin Gunning! He does like Fridays. Two goals last
:39:10. > :39:18.Friday night. That is the goal this Friday night which restorers Dundee
:39:19. > :39:32.United's AdVantage. Here is a celebration he planned earlier.
:39:33. > :39:39.Turning on the style, and Gavin Gunning is taken out by Michael
:39:40. > :39:44.Nelson. This was a clumsy challenge. Another penalty, which he wants to
:39:45. > :39:48.take himself, and I think the instructions from the touchline had
:39:49. > :39:56.to give it to Gary Mackay-Steven. Can he do better than his team-mate?
:39:57. > :40:03.No. Two penalties missed by Dundee United. There are still 2-1 up.
:40:04. > :40:19.Well, it is Tom -- Tom Taiwo, it is a red card for the Hibs midfielder.
:40:20. > :40:26.Down to ten men, and a difficult job has got more difficult for them.
:40:27. > :40:42.Gets it back, Andy Robertson, and Farid El Alagui has scored. Surely
:40:43. > :40:50.they have a fourth win on the bones. Just minutes off the bench.
:40:51. > :40:58.We made things hard for ourselves but we came through it. We might
:40:59. > :41:11.have lost that in December. That is the way football goes. You have to
:41:12. > :41:16.apologise to the Hibs fans. It is not good enough, not anywhere good
:41:17. > :41:20.enough for Hibernian football club. The players know that, they have
:41:21. > :41:24.been told that, the only way is up and we need to come back fighting
:41:25. > :41:28.and put in a better display against Motherwell next week. It was either
:41:29. > :41:37.a fantastic or surrender school celebration from Gavin Gunning. Your
:41:38. > :41:44.verdict? It is great. Brilliant. They tried to launch Terry
:41:45. > :41:52.Butcher's green and white army to not much success. How bad our
:41:53. > :41:56.Hibernian? -- bad are. Not great. The summer will be interesting
:41:57. > :42:02.because I think there will be a real cul. -- cull. You can tell that he
:42:03. > :42:06.is not happy one little bit with that. He has had a few interviews
:42:07. > :42:10.where he has said the players have been told. I think it is at the
:42:11. > :42:13.stage where he knows what players he wants to get rid of, and when it
:42:14. > :42:17.comes to the summer there will be a huge turnaround. If he does not do
:42:18. > :42:21.it, his job will be in jeopardy. That will happen in the summer.
:42:22. > :42:28.Again, it is interesting to see what will happen next year. You were
:42:29. > :42:34.there on Friday night. Impressed, not for the first time, by Nadir
:42:35. > :42:38.Ciftci. Impressed with Dundee United, they have got their edge
:42:39. > :42:44.back. But this guy, he has a bit of everything. He has strength, pace,
:42:45. > :42:51.intelligence, just cannot take a penalty. I think he felt so
:42:52. > :42:54.embarrassed that they got the penalty. He gave it back to the
:42:55. > :43:04.goalkeeper. You can see that he has a final ball. That pace and power.
:43:05. > :43:08.He can dig out of the cross. This was one for the cameras. This is
:43:09. > :43:13.what he's all about. Paul Hanlon pushed out the way. He has been the
:43:14. > :43:16.most consistent player for Hibernian. It is all about Nadir
:43:17. > :43:23.Ciftci. You want composure? There it is. After missing a penalty, to show
:43:24. > :43:30.that confidence, to just gave it into the corner, he has been some
:43:31. > :43:35.find for Dundee United. What is your take on the situation for Hibernian?
:43:36. > :43:38.Could they get into the play-offs? I think they will get enough results
:43:39. > :43:43.to keep them out of that but all is not well. Terry Butcher knows that.
:43:44. > :43:49.It is not as if they might be able to sign a centre-half that will make
:43:50. > :43:52.their team look better, it is all over the pitch. Defenders,
:43:53. > :43:57.midfielders, strikers, there is so much missing from that team. Thanks.
:43:58. > :44:24.After all that, the table looks like this.
:44:25. > :44:33.Getting very interesting at the bottom, Partick Thistle and Ross
:44:34. > :44:37.County both on 26 points. Hearts had 20 points adrift with ten games
:44:38. > :44:41.left. It is the Scottish Cup next weekend which means a triple-header
:44:42. > :44:43.of live matches on Saturday and Sunday. It should be great. Join us
:44:44. > :44:45.then. Good night.